The beginning of life raises many ethical issues. Should we use technology to begin human life, such as with IVF and reproductive technologies? What about cloning human life? Should we end human life that has started naturally or artificially? What is the moral status of human embryos? When is a human a person? Such issues are discussed in the following articles.
“Suicide aspect of abortion bill must be removed to save unborn lives,” Irish Independent (7 May 2013), p.
“Ban human cloning now for the protection of all life,” Columbus Dispatch (13 May 2002), p. A7.
“Carbon copy cats,” Newsday (4 April 2002).
“Cloning and human embryos,” Marion Star (13 September 2000), p. 6A.
“Stem cell research and the moral status of human embryos,” Celebrate Life 21.5 (September-October 1999): 18-21.
“Medical ethics and what it means to be human,” Irish Bible School Journal (1996) pp. 12-19.
“Abortion: biblical considerations,” Ashland Theological Journal 28 (1996): 60-73.
“The Bible and Abortion: What of the ‘Image of God’?” in Bioethics and the Future of Medicine: A Christian Appraisal. Edited by John F. Kilner, Nigel M. de S. Cameron, and David L. Schiedermayer, 199-211. Carlisle, UK: Paternoster Press, 1995.
